Critical severity · published Sep 28, 2022
CVE-2022-40929
XXL-JOB 2.2.0 has a Command execution vulnerability in background tasks
9.8
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XXL-JOB 2.2.0 has a Command execution vulnerability in background tasks. NOTE: this is disputed because the issues/4929 report is about an intended and supported use case (running arbitrary Bash scripts on behalf of users).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XX
Xxl-job · Xuxueli
2.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40929
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40929
Exploit
https://github.com/xuxueli/xxl-job/issues/2979
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